M 4.6 in Northern Mariana Islands on 16 Jan 2021 12:25 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1251828
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 345.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.7013 , 145.2484
Event Date: 16 Jan 2021 12:25 UTC
16 Jan 2021 22:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2021 12:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Northern Mariana Is.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d0n8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 112 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Argentina: Magnitude-6.4 earthquake occurs in San Juan Province at aro ... Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:39:00 +0100.

Magnitude-6.4 earthquake occurs in San Juan Province, Argentina, at around 2346 Jan. 18. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Vanuatu: Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs in Coral Sea north-n ... Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:03:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake occurs in Coral Sea in northern Vanuatu, at around 1817 VUT Jan. 18. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The world in briefSun, 17 Jan 2021 10:34:00 +0100.

A Taliban spokesman, Yousaf Ahmadi, in a tweet claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place late Friday. On Saturday, a sticky bomb attached to an armored police SUV exploded in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing two
...(more)
4.2 earthquake felt throughout the greater Bay AreaSun, 17 Jan 2021 06:13:00 +0100.

MONTEREY COUNTY — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake in northern Monterey County was felt throughout the greater Bay Area on Saturday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 8:01 p.m. just east of Aromas, near whe
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),